Champions League betting and spectator preview: Borussia Dortmund and Sevilla meet at Signal-Iduna-Park to measure strength and learn who makes it to the next stage.
Sevilla have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
It's no vacation for neither Borussia nor Sevilla as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Last season, Borussia Dortmund's Champions League journey ended in the group stage.Overall Bundesliga results at home this season for Borussia Dortmund are 3-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss.
Borussia Dortmund drew their last game, also a home match. Bayern München was the opponent, 2-2 the score. Late drama in the game against Bayern München as Borussia Dortmund were trailing by a goal near the finishing line until Modeste popped out and made it level in the 90th minute. Modeste was able to secure the draw 2-2 in the game against Bayern München after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Brandt, a natural forward, was the declared top player for the team in that match, receiving a rating of 7.31 (out of 10). Brandt hit three key passes.
In the game before, a fine away win at Sevilla. A Champions League game.
Borussia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games.
Sevilla form and stats
Last season their Champions League adventure ended in the group stage.The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the La Liga. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the Champions League stats, they have 0 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses both home and away.
There were no winners in Sevilla's previous match, the home game that ended 1-1 vs Athletic Club. Torres got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Torres scored one goal and hit two key passes.
The game before that was the Champions League-battle against Borussia Dortmund, a home loss (1-4).
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Sevilla manager Moya as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Mallorca.
The travelling fans enjoy Sevilla's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. Sevilla have conceded 7 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Borussia Dortmund have put together a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Sevilla.These opponents have battled previously this season: Sevilla - Borussia 1-4.
Top Goalscorers
  Y. Moukoko 3 goals |   Ó. Torres Muñoz 3 goals |  J. Brandt 2 goals |
Borussia Dortmund missing players
Sevilla missing players
| Borussia Dortmund | Sevilla | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 6 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 53 | 25 | Scored | S | 13 | 31 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 72% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 60% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 28% | ||
| 5.9 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 2.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.2 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 11.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.8 | ||
| 39% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 27% | ||
| 10.5 | 8.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 14.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Manchester City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 9 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Sevilla | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -7 | 1 |
| 4 | København | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | -8 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 2 | Freiburg | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 16 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | -4 | 13 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 12 |
| 13 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 7 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -11 | 6 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 18 | Bochum | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | -15 | 4 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 22 |
| 2 | Barcelona | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 19 |
| 3 | Athletic Club | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Atletico Madrid | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Real Betis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 6 | Valencia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
| 7 | Real Sociedad | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 8 | Osasuna | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 9 | Villarreal | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 10 | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Celta de Vigo | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Mallorca | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Girona | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 7 |
| 14 | Almeria | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 15 | Real Valladolid | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -7 | 7 |
| 16 | Getafe | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 17 | Sevilla | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Espanyol | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -5 | 5 |
| 19 | Cadiz | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Elche | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | -15 | 1 |
